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Dr.Tallon has a Cirlliday
"It all began when Dr. Ingeborg Talton passed her
North Carolina Medical Boards in July, 1956," said
official door decorator, Anne Hollingsworth. A few
index cards with "Yippee-Hooray" in red and blue
letters and some streamers were all that adorned the
first door. The idea fermented and soon there were
Bon Voyage doors - even for people who didn't go
very far - Happy Birthday doors. Happy New Year doors,
even a Happy Hangover door, complete with psychedelic
pictures.
The door decorations consisted of phrases and pict
ures clipped from numerous magazines, mainly Medical
World News and Playboy, which were spliced and put
back together to form appropriate remarks for the oc
casion. Streamers, cigars, greeting cards and hand
made gold medals four inches in diameter have been
seen on some doors. The most surprising door was
created early in December. Again the victim was Dr.
Talton, but this time she had just obtained her U.S.
citizenship and the decorations appeared on the door
of her homel Dr. Talton's carport was bedecked in red,
white and blue streamers and her patriotic door came
complete with a U.S. passport and a telegram welcoming
her into the U.S. Army! What will they think of next?
WEATHER FORECAST
It would take at least a thousand words to report all
the wonderful things that the Women's Auxiliary has
accomplished this past year. The number of active aux-
ilians increased 13% this year to 150 and they chalked
up a total of 14,277 hours. Many of those hours were
spent by faithful workers who regularly took the shop
cart and library cart around to the wards, sat at the
reception desk in the outpatient clinic entrance each
morning during the week, guided entering patients to
their rooms, helped them prepare for their stay in the
hospital and relaxed them with cheerful smiles.
In the spring. The Program Committee completed the
revision of the Auxiliary By-laws and Job Descriptions.
In May, The Pink Smock opened its doors after long
years of dreaming, planning, and construction. Sales
proved the venture an immediate success and a real
service to the hospital. The summer program with the
Candystripers proved another big success and was topped
off with a dinner at Bullock's in September. Also in
September, the first floor snack bar was moved to its
new, spacious quarters, and with the cooperation of
volunteers, both snack bars were able to stay open
during the summer. In October, the Auxiliary held a
membership meeting at which they announced the need
for more hands and the membership committee launched
an ambitious campaign to get tliose hands. In November,
the Children's Service invited the Rockwood Garden
Club to work with the children on the pediatric wards
in the Auxiliary playroom. And in December, the Aux
iliary had a Silver Tea to obtain funds for gifts for
the children who were in the hospital over Christmas.
Plans for the new year: It appears certain that the
Chapel will be built within 1968 and the Auxiliary
looks for every opportunity to help towards its comple
tion. During the past year, although approval had been
given and space allocated, complications arose in the
programming of the adjacent areas, and lack of adequate
funds again postponed the start of the Chapel Unit.
The present plan is for the construction of a temporary^
very small prayer chapel in the old hospital lobby.
For this. Auxiliary funds will not be used, and they
will continue to add to their nest egg for the future
complete unit. The Auxiliary, in which hope springs
eternal, has expectations of seeing riveters at work
in the old lobby by the time this article is read.
Meantime, they plan on swelling their funds for the
permanent unit.
DID YOU KNOW THAT ...
Four women from DUMC, chosen by the editors of Who'3
Who in America from all meritorious vocations and
civic activities, made their first appearance in vrho'e
Who-of American Women this year. ‘ A proud congratula
tions to: Dr. Kathryn S. Barclay, Asst. Professor of
Psychiatry; Dr. Jane G. Elchlepp, Assoc. Professor of
Pathology and Asst. Dean of Planning; Dr. Maurine B.
LaRarre, Asst. Professor of Psychiatry and Consultant
with the Educational Improvement Program; and Dorothy
Ellen Tate, Director of Dietetics.